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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Involvement of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to tic disorder in Chinese Han population

Characteristic

TD children

Controls

P

 

(n = 149)

(n = 125)

 

Sex (n,%)

Male

112(75.17)

84(67.20)

 

Female

37(24.83)

41(32.80)

0.470a

Age (Mean ± SD)

8.90 ± 2.78

8.62 ± 2.61

0.220b

Male

8.92 ± 2.76

8.92 ± 2.94

1.000b

Female

8.84 ± 2.92

7.98 ± 1.99

0.129b

Age of onset (year)

6.67 ± 2.80

  

ADHD comorbidity (n,%)

TD only

114(76.51)

  

TD + ADHD

35(23.49)

  

YGTSS (n,%)

low score subgroup

36(23.68)

  

high score subgroup

116(76.32)

  
  1. Abbreviations:
  2. TD only, children with only tics.
  3. TD + ADHD, children with tics and ADHD.
  4. a Chi-square test was used to calculate the p- values.
  5. b t test was used to calculate the p- values.